DFO Set Two

Question 1

The afferent nervous system consists of all outgoing motor pathways

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The incidence of depression is twice as high in men as it is in women

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Euthymia is a less severe form of depression

Answer 3

False

Question 4

People with depression can exhibit psychotic features

Answer 4

True

Question 5

A person with Bipolar Disorder experiences periods of normal mood

Answer 5

True

Question 6

A mood that is dulled in response is referred to as a labile affect

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Anhedonia is the increased pleasure of life during a manic phase

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Hallucinations are perceptual disturbances

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Which of the following is a ‘negative’ symptom of schizophrenia?

Answer 9

Loss of volition

Question 10

A delusion is a positive symptom of schizophrenia

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The false sensory experience involving taste refers to a

Answer 11

Gustatory hallucinations

Question 12

The prodromal phase of schizophrenia refers to which of the following:

Answer 12

The first phase of very subtle symptoms, which can last from weeks to years

Question 13

Repetition or imitation of what someone else says

Answer 13

Echolalia

Question 14

Client reports no joy or pleasure in life

Answer 14

Anhedonia

Question 15

General slowing of movement

Answer 15

Psychomotor retardation

Question 16

Client claims to be associated with famous people or believes s/he is famous

Answer 16

Delusions of grandeur

Question 17

Client doesn’t believe they have a mental illness when they do

Answer 17

Lack of insight

Question 18

Disorders of perception

Answer 18

Hallucinations

Question 19

A fixed false belief which has no basis to reality

Answer 19

Delusion

Question 20

Immediate and observable expression of mood

Answer 20

Affect

Question 21

What provides a protective covering for the brain and spinal cord?

Answer 21

Meninges

Question 22

____ stimulation will lead to _____ of the neuronal cell membrane, and if this reaches the threshold value an action potential will fire

Answer 22

Excitatory

Depolarisation

Question 23

____ stimulation will lead to _____ of the neuronal cell membrane and will not lead to the firing of an action potential

Answer 23

Inhibitory

Hyperpolarisation

Question 24

The main function of axons is to

Answer 24

Conduct action potentials to other neurons

Question 25

Schwann cells form myelin sheaths around the nerve fibres in the CNS

Answer 25

False